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it's all in response to mitt romney's plan to eliminate funding for pbs. the rally begins at 10:00 a.m. atright now. topper isage minutes to tell you about that chilly forecast. plus, fighting childhood obesity. how one maryland hospital is helping overweight kids live healthier. >>> in tonight's health alert we continue our spotlight on america's obesity epidemic. 12 million kids are overweight and that's putting those kids at risk for diseases that usually only adults get. danielle nottingham reports. >> reporter: 14-year-old devon is here for his weekly weigh- in. devon has struggled with his weight since he was a toddler and today he's battling high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and prediabetes. >> i wouldn't do as much. i would stay home and play games and not do things with my friends and things. >> reporter: but devon is working to turn his life around with doctor, nutritionists, and more. >> it's not just about johnny has a weight issue. it's about changing the behaviors of the family. >> the weigh smart program is 10 weeks of exercise and educ
it's all in response to mitt romney's plan to eliminate funding for pbs. the rally begins at 10:00 a.m. atright now. topper isage minutes to tell you about that chilly forecast. plus, fighting childhood obesity. how one maryland hospital is helping overweight kids live healthier. >>> in tonight's health alert we continue our spotlight on america's obesity epidemic. 12 million kids are overweight and that's putting those kids at risk for diseases that usually only adults get. danielle...
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romney might even see a snow flake in winchester and frederick county. in fact bill a snow flake over the next hour or so. give us an e-mail if you have. still 41 in bethesda. 42 great falls, 40 fairfax and 42 in college park and looking at 41 in laurel and also 41 in rockville. so breezy can cool. just a few showers tonight. nothing heavy. grab a jacket. mainly dry for the morning commute. but the kids will need a jacket in the morning. temperatures will start out in the 30s and 40s. so for tonight mostly cloudy, breezy cold. showers, mountain snows. 36 to 42. now tomorrow morning, we're look at mostly cloudy skies. maybe a shower. 30s and 40s. winds still southwest at 10 to 15. so still breezy. and then by afternoon, variable clouds could see a break in the action maybe a shower. high temps around 55. and winds west southwest at 10 to 15. next three days, maybe a shower tomorrow. 54. we'll go green on thursday and friday. 55 on thursday. perhaps a shower. a nice way the finish the week. -- to finish the week. more sunshine. in fact notice more sunshine
romney might even see a snow flake in winchester and frederick county. in fact bill a snow flake over the next hour or so. give us an e-mail if you have. still 41 in bethesda. 42 great falls, 40 fairfax and 42 in college park and looking at 41 in laurel and also 41 in rockville. so breezy can cool. just a few showers tonight. nothing heavy. grab a jacket. mainly dry for the morning commute. but the kids will need a jacket in the morning. temperatures will start out in the 30s and 40s. so for...
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bob, does today's unemployment report in your mind favor the president more or governor romney more? >> well, i think the people at the white house breathed a great sigh of relief that it didn't go above 8%, which it has been much of this year. so in that sense i suppose it helped the president. but, you know, lesli, it's hard for me to see someone sitting around their kitchen table saying, i don't know who i'm going to vote for, but when those jobs numbers come out, then i will decide. that's not how people decide whether they think the economy is good or bad. they do it on whether uncle charlie has a job or whether their kid finally has enough money to move out of the house and get his own apartment, things like that. so coming this close, we've been saying this was going to be very, very important, but this race is so close, i'm not sure in the end that it really is going to make all that much difference. >> as i understand you are going to have two key panels on this weekend's show to kind of break down the presidential election, the razor tight presidential election. >> yep. yea
bob, does today's unemployment report in your mind favor the president more or governor romney more? >> well, i think the people at the white house breathed a great sigh of relief that it didn't go above 8%, which it has been much of this year. so in that sense i suppose it helped the president. but, you know, lesli, it's hard for me to see someone sitting around their kitchen table saying, i don't know who i'm going to vote for, but when those jobs numbers come out, then i will decide....
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republican mitt romney focusing entirely on virginia yesterday. he'll kickoff the final weekend with events in wisconsin and ohio. >>> the last major snapshot of the economy before the election will be released today. the labor department will unveil the unemployment numbers this morning. economists are expected that will the economy will have added about 1 -- 125,000 jobs in october. which would be enough to get the unemployment rate to 7.9%. it will actually go up just one tenth of a percent. >>> military trucks will be used as election day polling stations in new jersey in communities that were battered by sandy. they're going to be parked at polling places that don't have power and also extending deadlines for mail-in ballots because of sandy. return them no later than the close of polls on tuesday. >>> early voters in maryland have been spending some of their time waiting in some pretty long lines. some sat in lines for 15, 20 minutes. others for hours. early voting hours in maryland have been extended through today and they will be open from
republican mitt romney focusing entirely on virginia yesterday. he'll kickoff the final weekend with events in wisconsin and ohio. >>> the last major snapshot of the economy before the election will be released today. the labor department will unveil the unemployment numbers this morning. economists are expected that will the economy will have added about 1 -- 125,000 jobs in october. which would be enough to get the unemployment rate to 7.9%. it will actually go up just one tenth of a...
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mitt romney will also be there today. he makes his closing argument to the american people in wisconsin. >>still ahead, d.c. united has to shuffle is scheduled to help out its opponent, why? >> coming up next, when international airlines teach >> two members of the washington nationals are decided to explore the free agent market. adam la roche by pest a $10 million option for 2013. edwin jackson will also test the market. many people pay little attention to in-flight videos. >> one airline hoping to catch your attention with a new video. >> welcome aboard. >> this is air new zealand. they have enlisted the help of characters from the upcoming hobbit movie. it gives a safety demonstration and gandalf and gollum make cameo appearances. >> it certainly gets your attention. >> delta did that, too. smoking is not allowed. as the wife of a pilot, i will say listen to that. dress warmly and set your clocks back an hour this weekend. it will be a little bit on the chilly side but increasing sunshine is finally on the way. let's
mitt romney will also be there today. he makes his closing argument to the american people in wisconsin. >>still ahead, d.c. united has to shuffle is scheduled to help out its opponent, why? >> coming up next, when international airlines teach >> two members of the washington nationals are decided to explore the free agent market. adam la roche by pest a $10 million option for 2013. edwin jackson will also test the market. many people pay little attention to in-flight videos....
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. >> president and obama -- president obama and mitt romney making a final push. president obama focused his closing argument on bringing about change while mitt romney countered that argument. >> i know what change looks like because i fought for it. you have, too. after all we have been through together we cannot give up now. >> america finally needs real change. as promised, we are going to give it to the american people. >> michael bloomberg endorsed president obama, saying hurricane sandy reshape his thinking and that the president will take action on climate change. if the commander-in-chief will visit virginia on saturday. a closing case to voters in swing states. dave matthews will be at the event. >> and bruce springsteen introducing president obama on monday as he kicks off the last day of his campaign in madison wisconsin. the men traveled together to columbus, ohio. they will meet up with jay-z for another event. president obama will return to his home city of chicago, where he will be on election day. >> can we get jay-z and bruce springsteen to do so
. >> president and obama -- president obama and mitt romney making a final push. president obama focused his closing argument on bringing about change while mitt romney countered that argument. >> i know what change looks like because i fought for it. you have, too. after all we have been through together we cannot give up now. >> america finally needs real change. as promised, we are going to give it to the american people. >> michael bloomberg endorsed president obama,...
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change but he said he was disappointed in what he said were numerous policy reversals by governor mitt romney. both campaigns are visiting the battleground state of virginia through the weekend. >>> okay, 6:49. time to answer if question of day. -- the question of the day. here's the question one more time -- >> here's a look at a response you posted on the wusa9 facebook fan page. kim thinks the answer is -- >> but again, you have to remember the percentage. it's only 45%. i would argue that personalitiage is probably higher and that the answer is indeed c., sneezing. 45 president of us get in an accident -- 45% of us get in an accident because we were sneezing. >> who knew? >> when you needs you have to close your eyes. >>> we've got some daily deals for you lined up. we've been combing through the day's daily deals emails and retailer websites to find you some deep discounts. these are all from offers.com. a way to get to the polls. the first deal is from zip cards offering 50% off all of its cars tuesday between the hours of 5:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. >>> jet blue is offering free flight out
change but he said he was disappointed in what he said were numerous policy reversals by governor mitt romney. both campaigns are visiting the battleground state of virginia through the weekend. >>> okay, 6:49. time to answer if question of day. -- the question of the day. here's the question one more time -- >> here's a look at a response you posted on the wusa9 facebook fan page. kim thinks the answer is -- >> but again, you have to remember the percentage. it's only 45%....
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>> thanks to ann romney -- next to ann romney, paul ryan is the best choice i have ever made. >> with these guys, it always depends. who you're talking to. what state you are in. >> how about ohio? that is for the president spoke three times to dead. remember every president since truman has upheld the bellwether state. >> we may have had problems, but we are here today because we know we have more work to do. >> with a hefty 18 electoral votes up for grabs, romney has two events there today. colorado, also a tough one for republicans, and it was seen in obama's column. but romney is up three according to a rasmussen paul. and both teams have fought incredibly hard over d six electoral votes. perhaps an indicator that even the smallest trophy cannot be passed up. of course, va. -- it has been 24 hours since we have seen the candidates. don't worry. the president, with bill clinton and musician dave matthews, will be in virginia and monday will cap off his campaign here with a rally at george mason university. >> ok, scott. thank you. we will follow the candidates on their final stop i
>> thanks to ann romney -- next to ann romney, paul ryan is the best choice i have ever made. >> with these guys, it always depends. who you're talking to. what state you are in. >> how about ohio? that is for the president spoke three times to dead. remember every president since truman has upheld the bellwether state. >> we may have had problems, but we are here today because we know we have more work to do. >> with a hefty 18 electoral votes up for grabs, romney...
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what mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. shock you. stick around, we'll break it down. >>> the latest jobs numbers show that the economy is getting stronger but how much stronger? let's check in with cnbc. we have more on that and the rest of the day's business headlines. >> how you doing, keith? stocks trading in negative territory. the last one before the president's election. checking the dow is down 30. the s&p is barely up a point. employers adding 171,000 jobs last month, higher than the forecast for 125,000. the unemployment rate 7.9%. 84,000 more jobs were added in august and september t
what mitt romney's tv ads say about women? or what mitt romney himself says? mitt romney: do i believe the supreme court... should overturn roe v. wade? yes. and it would be my preference that they, that they... reverse roe v. wade. hopefully reverse roe v. wade. overturn roe v. wade. planned parenthood, we're going to get rid of that. i'll cut off funding to planned parenthood. anncr: no matter what mitt romney's ads say. we know what he'll do. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i...
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. >>> mitt romney doesn't see it that way. he says the report indicates the economy is at a standstill. at a rally in wisconsin today, he told supporters mr. obama in his words never truly understood how jobs are created ithe economy. from wisconsin romney moved on to multiple campaign stops in ohio. analysts say he must win ohio to win the presidency. the latest polls show a tight race there. president obama having a slight advantage over mr. romney. >>> wl, with just four days now to go, both candidates are choosing their final campaign stops carefully. in battleground virginia it will play a prominent role again this weekend. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey tells us what both sides are doing now to win the commonwealth. >> reporter: with four days to go campaign offices are gearing up for their most intense weekend of all. the final push to turn out voters. at this fairfax county gop office, volunteers and staffers kept the phone banks going while preparing for the weekend's door-to-door work. at the obama office
. >>> mitt romney doesn't see it that way. he says the report indicates the economy is at a standstill. at a rally in wisconsin today, he told supporters mr. obama in his words never truly understood how jobs are created ithe economy. from wisconsin romney moved on to multiple campaign stops in ohio. analysts say he must win ohio to win the presidency. the latest polls show a tight race there. president obama having a slight advantage over mr. romney. >>> wl, with just four...
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romney and i approve this message. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney we had a good group of people. good group of employees out there. this was a booming place. and mitt romney and bain capital turned it in to a junk yard. i was suddenlyen60 years old. i had no health care. mamainly i was thinking about y family. how am i going to take carere of my family. he promised us the same things he's promising the united states. and he'll give you the same thing he gave us. nothing. anncr: priorities usa action is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> 6:45. s before election day. >> both candidates now forced to between being ofsitive to the victims getting that message out. correspondent mike allen joins us. time is getting tight. is.f really you see mitt romney back in virginia. is a state that he would have liked to put away a while ago. the clock is really taking it him. rove, president bush's brain, critic that mitt romney 48. win 51, but that is a rare prediction. worriedans are really that mitt romney had momentum, during the storm. the president had such a moment, the c
romney and i approve this message. [ romney ] i'm mitt romney we had a good group of people. good group of employees out there. this was a booming place. and mitt romney and bain capital turned it in to a junk yard. i was suddenlyen60 years old. i had no health care. mamainly i was thinking about y family. how am i going to take carere of my family. he promised us the same things he's promising the united states. and he'll give you the same thing he gave us. nothing. anncr: priorities usa...
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mitt romney is also scrapping his plans. the republican presidential nominee and running mate paul ryan will hold storm relief events instead. the campaign is not saying what those events will involve. yesterday romney asked supporters at some of his rallies to donate to the red cross. many area residents will not be able to vote early because of sandy. governor martin o'malley ordered all early voting centers to be closed for a second day. he ordered early voting extended through december 2nd to make up for the missed days. >>> 6:18 now. air travel both nationally and internationally remains crippled by sandy's impact. all flights going out of reagan and dulles remain cancelled until further notice. leaving the few passengers who are there to wait out the airports, which do remain open with limited staffing. right now there aren't any planes on the ground there either. they were moved to other airports in other cities before the storm. >>> it could be difficult getting around the area with downed trees and flooded roads. to
mitt romney is also scrapping his plans. the republican presidential nominee and running mate paul ryan will hold storm relief events instead. the campaign is not saying what those events will involve. yesterday romney asked supporters at some of his rallies to donate to the red cross. many area residents will not be able to vote early because of sandy. governor martin o'malley ordered all early voting centers to be closed for a second day. he ordered early voting extended through december 2nd...